Putin has immunity, the world does not want to break it - expert

According to the lawyer, the West is afraid that in the future, countries that do not support Ukraine can create their own international tribunal. Then legal stability will come to naught. From the beginning of a full -scale invasion, Ukraine has been promoting the idea of ​​creating a special court or a tribunal regarding Russian crimes.

Not only Russian military commanders, but also Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is the Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and gave orders should be on the bench of the defendants. However, such a scenario is hardly possible, says a lawyer, managing partner at JSC "Ambrel" in a comment to the focus. He explains that the reason is that Vladimir Putin, like any head of another state, has immunity from court prosecution at the duration of his post.

"Aggression is a crime for which persons who control the political or military actions of the state or manage them during the planning, preparation, initiation or committing of the act of aggression. It is first and foremost about the higher management of the country that committed the act of aggression, - says Andrew. Yakovlev, but they have so -called personal immunity from court prosecution. Personal immunity ceases after the term of stay in office. " And this is such a concept of law.

No one wants to break it. Because today the current president of the Russian Federation for aggression in Ukraine may be on the dock, and tomorrow there may be a President of the Western State. "We can assume that some countries that do not support Ukraine with the support of the Russian Federation can once create their own international tribunal. Therefore, the most that the state wants is to maintain existing legal stability and certainty," the lawyer adds.